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Midwest Modern Language Association

Organized 1959
Incorporated 1971

Founded in 1959 and based at Loyola University Chicago, the Midwest Modern Language Association is a non-profit organization of teachers and scholars of literature, language, and culture. A regional affiliate of the Modern Language Association, the M/MLA provides a forum for disseminating scholarship and improving teaching in the fields of literary and cultural criticism.

The members of the M/MLA hail from many different departments, including Comparative Literature, English, French, German, Italian, Linguistics, and Spanish.

The M/MLA's annual November meeting builds a sense of community among many specialized fields with over 200 sessions, some coalescing around an informal convention theme and others focusing on widely ranging topics that represent the varied interests of the association's fields.

Annual meetings also feature professionalizing workshops and a book exhibit that foregrounds the recent publications of its members.

The M/MLA's Journal publishes their work in two semi-annual issues. Each spring, the M/MLA invites submissions of 12-15 pages, working papers that draw upon at least 12-15 sources to make an incisive argument. Each fall, a special convention issue that includes essays of varying lengths brings the previous year's informal theme to fruition.

Officers for 2009 Executive Committee

President
Jenifer S. Cushman
Juniata College Elizabeth Klaver
Southern Illinois University
(term ending Fall 2009)

Vice President
Richard R. Glejzer
North Central College Katherine H. Lee
Indiana State University
(term ending Fall 2009)

Past President
Devoney Looser
University of Missouri-Columbia Timothy A. Spurgin
Lawrence University
(term ending Fall 2009)

Executive Director
David Posner
Loyola University Chicago Kathleen Diffley
University of Iowa
(term ending Fall 2010)

Craig Dionne
Eastern Michigan University
(term ending Fall 2010)

Jefford Vahlbusch
University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire
(term ending Fall 2010)

Eilene Hoft-March
Lawrence University
(term ending Fall 2011)

R. Clifton Spargo
Marquette University
(term ending Fall 2011)

Marjorie Worthington
Eastern Illinois University
(term ending Fall 2011)

Officers for 2009	Executive Committee
President Jenifer S. Cushman Juniata College	Elizabeth Klaver Southern Illinois University (term ending Fall 2009)
Vice President Richard R. Glejzer North Central College	Katherine H. Lee Indiana State University (term ending Fall 2009)
Past President Devoney Looser University of Missouri-Columbia	Timothy A. Spurgin Lawrence University (term ending Fall 2009)
Executive Director David Posner Loyola University Chicago	Kathleen Diffley University of Iowa (term ending Fall 2010)
	Craig Dionne Eastern Michigan University (term ending Fall 2010)
	Jefford Vahlbusch University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire (term ending Fall 2010)
	Eilene Hoft-March Lawrence University (term ending Fall 2011)
	R. Clifton Spargo Marquette University (term ending Fall 2011)
	Marjorie Worthington Eastern Illinois University (term ending Fall 2011)